FBR Wins Case In International Tribunal Against Software Company
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 05, 2016 | 07:51 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th August, 2016) : An international tribunal on August 1, 2016 announced its Final Award holding M/s Agility for Public Warehousing Company of Kuwait, liable to pay the entire costs incurred by Pakistan in defending a claim for more than USD 650 million filed against Pakistan by Agility. The tribunal was constituted under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Washington (ICSID), says a press release. Agility had been awarded a pilot contract by the Federal board of Revenue in 2003 for customisation of software for purposes of paperless clearance of imports and exports and sued Pakistan before ICSID when it did not succeed in procuring a long term contract from the Federal Board of Revenue.
Agility levelled serious allegations against Pakistan and even claimed that its intellectual property rights had been infringed and that it had been strung along till such time as FBR was able to develop its own software to take over from that developed by Agility. The FBR on the other hand through its counsel Barrister Farrukh Karim Qureshi of Samdani & Qureshi contradicted the stance adopted by Agility and argued that Agility had procured the pilot contract through fraudulent misrepresentations as to its past experience and quality of the software.
Agility had also tried to use political influence to compel FBR to award to it a long term contract. The case was to be heard by the Arbitral Tribunal in London for ten days beginning on 13 November 2015.
However, on 10 November 2015 Agility informed the Tribunal that it wished to withdraw its entire claim amounting to more than USD 650 million. Pakistan's counsel Barrister Farrukh Karim Qureshi argued that the withdrawal could only be allowed if Agility undertook to pay the entire costs incurred by Pakistan defending a frivolous, malicious and baseless claim. The tribunal agreeing with the position adopted on behalf of Pakistan has ordered Agility to pay the costs and expenses incurred in defending a claim which should never have been brought by Agility against Pakistan before an international forum.
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